Ye Weiwei, with a cold and aloof demeanor, said: "First of all, you need to have an older brother who meets the genetic standards."
Xu Meijun felt disheartened when she thought about how her younger brother was not even as old as Ye Weiwei.
Chen Jiali took out the little tiger she had made and said shyly, "I... I made this. I don't know if Little Star will like it."
This little tiger is only slightly larger than an adult's palm, but it is made with great care.
The entire tiger was made of yellow homespun cloth, with only the eyes, nose, mouth, and the "king" character on its forehead decorated with cloth of different colors. It also had long mane as whiskers, and a small red flower hanging on its upturned tail. The stuffing inside was buckwheat hulls. The whole tiger was round and chubby and very cute. Little Star liked it so much that she couldn't take her eyes off it.
Although she really wanted it, Little Star remained standing still without moving until Ye Weiwei spoke.
"Thank you, Aunt Chen."
Ye Weiwei rubbed his little head.
Little Star happily took the little tiger, carefully stroked its whiskers, and then looked at Chen Jiali with surprise: "Thank you, Aunt Chen! Aunt Chen, you're amazing!"
Chen Jiali was embarrassed by the compliment and said, "I'm glad you like it."
Hou Zheng and Xie Ning, lacking the culinary skills of Xu Meijun and Chen Jiali, carried a rabbit.
Xie Ning and Hou Zheng obtained it by digging a trap on the mountain. Since they didn't want to cook it at the educated youth settlement, they brought it here to eat.
Ye Weiwei knew it wasn't easy for them to get meat, so she pointed to the two dried rabbits hanging under the eaves of their house, indicating that they should take them back for themselves.
Hou Zheng waved his hand directly: "Let's forget about it. I don't want the rabbits we worked so hard to hunt to end up in the bellies of those ungrateful wretches. They'll eat them and then turn around and accuse us of undermining socialism."
Upon hearing that there was a story behind this, Ye Weiwei couldn't help but ask what happened.
Hou Zheng is not a petty person, and he has a strong sense of responsibility. For him to say such a thing shows how much he dislikes him.
Xie Ning shrugged. "It's all because of Liu Xiangqian! I used to think he was pretty good, who knew he was this kind of person!"
He had previously felt that Liu Xiangqian was an unethical person because of Ye Weiwei's matter, and after Hou Zheng was elected as the person in charge of the educated youth, Liu Xiangqian became even more disliked.
Whenever Hou Zheng talks about something, he always finds fault with it, and he won't stop until everyone is unhappy.
Not to mention Hou Zheng, even he couldn't stand it anymore.
It's just that he wasn't selected as the leader of the educated youth!
Now he was secretly glad that Hou Zheng was the person in charge when the election was held, otherwise he would have been extremely annoyed if Liu Xiangqian had been elected.
Ye Weiwei wasn't surprised that Liu Xiangqian had turned out this way. He was extremely ambitious and the kind of person who would fawn over superiors and flatter subordinates. He would fawn over his leaders and put on airs in front of his subordinates.
He probably didn't expect that when it came time to choose a leader, Hou Zheng would run for office and be elected, ousting him from the position.
So he felt resentful, thinking that Hou Zheng had taken his position, and he found fault with Hou Zheng in every way.
Ye Weiwei couldn't help but sneer inwardly when she thought about the quota for worker-peasant-soldier college students next year.
Judging from the current situation, Liu Xiangqian has squandered all the goodwill he had built up before, so he can forget about getting a spot as a worker-peasant-soldier college student.
Lunch was very plentiful.
Huo Xiao killed and processed the rabbit that Hou Zheng and the others had brought. He then rubbed it with salt, added a spoonful of sugar to the soy sauce, brushed it onto the meat, marinated it for a while, skewered it with a wooden stick, placed it on a frame made of several pieces of wood, and lit a fire underneath to roast it.
After asking Hou Zheng and Xie Ning to help keep an eye on the fire, Huo Xiao chopped up the spare ribs that had been sliced from the roe deer earlier, washed them, heated the oil in the pot, added chopped green onions and ginger slices and stir-fried them until fragrant. Then he added the spare ribs to the pot and stir-fried them, added salt and soy sauce, and a spoonful of brown sugar. After stir-frying evenly, he added water, then stuck a ring of two-layer dough flatbread around the edge of the pot, covered the pot, and simmered it over high heat.
Chen Jiali had wanted to help for a long time but couldn't get involved, so she finally found a job watching the fire.
After Huo Xiao went to the yard to roast a rabbit, Chen Jiali couldn't help but whisper to Ye Weiwei, "Weiwei, why does Huo Xiao add a spoonful of brown sugar when he makes braised pork ribs?"
That brown sugar is so precious; it was the first time she had ever seen brown sugar used in cooking.
Also, Huo Xiao added a spoonful of white sugar when he was marinating the rabbit meat.
Even though I know Ye Weiwei's family is well-off, I've never seen them add sugar to every kind of meat dish.
That's such a waste.
Ye Weiwei thought for a moment, "Maybe this way the meat will be more tender and taste better?"
Xu Meijun couldn't help but roll her eyes: "She can't cook. What can you possibly learn from her? All she knows is how to eat!"
Chen Jiali also realized she had asked the wrong person, and nodded in agreement, saying, "That's true."
Xie Ning then came over to comfort her, saying, "It's okay, actually it's quite good that Ye Weiwei only knows how to eat."
As long as you don't let her do it herself, at least these good things won't go to waste.
Ye Weiwei: ……
I wasn't comforted at all!
Today was another day of being ridiculed for my cooking skills!
Little Star blinked her big eyes at everyone and suddenly said, "My aunt is amazing! She can take me to eat lots of delicious food, like braised pork, braised fish, big meat buns, meat dumplings, chocolate, and orange soda..."
Seeing Xiao Xingxing earnestly counting the dishes on his little fingers, Xu Meijun's heart melted. "Your aunt is so lucky to have such an adorable little nephew like you!"
Little Star nodded seriously, "Yes, my aunt is so good! She's the best, the very best aunt!"
Xu Meijun was filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred!
That look could make an elephant drool with envy.
Why does Ye Weiwei always seem to have all the good things happen to her?
Soon, everyone was so engrossed in the aroma of roasted rabbit in the yard that they lost their appetite for conversation and kept looking outside.
Fortunately, Ye Weiwei's house is located at the back of the village, far away from the village center; otherwise, this aroma would have attracted countless people!
That's just too domineering.
Xu Meijun swallowed hard, her eyes gleaming. "Ye Weiwei, I never knew your Huo Xiao had this skill!"
Hou Zheng and Xie Ning felt it the most.
They were closest to each other, watching as Huo Xiao roasted the rabbit.
Its exterior is golden brown and glistening with oil; just the aroma alone makes you want to rush over and take a bite.
After finally getting all the dishes cooked, they started eating. Once Huo Xiao and Ye Weiwei finished their welcome speech and announced the start of the meal, the group could no longer maintain their composure and their chopsticks were constantly in use.
The roasted rabbit was the first thing to be eaten. It not only smelled delicious, but it was also incredibly juicy and flavorful, so delicious that you'd want to swallow your tongue.
Xu Meijun almost got into a fight with Xie Ning over the last piece of roasted rabbit meat.
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